Setting up the essentials as a non-ROOT user

You must be logged in as a normal user to setup the required configuration.

Installing the Apache HTTP server

  1. Open the URL: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22 and

    download Apache HTTP Server 2.2.31 source distribution (httpd-

    2.2.31.tar.gz).

2. Unzip the file in the stage location:

gunzip -d httpd-2.2.31.tar.gz
tar xvf httpd-2.2.31.tar

3. Build the binaries from the source.

./configure --prefix=/ua1001/cloudio/apache
make
make install

4. Open the Apache config file and edit the port number as required.

/conf/httpd.conf

5. Start the server as a non-ROOT user.

PREFIX/bin/apachectl -k start

6. Open the URL: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22 to verify Apache Test Page is accessible.

7. Shutdown Apache.

PREFIX/bin/apachectl -k stop

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